殷

Glyph origin

 * a person with swollen abdomen (, now written ) + a hand grabbing an ornamental weapon or drum (now written ), sometimes also interpreted as a needle for acupuncture.

Definitions

 * 1)  Late
 * 2) abundant; rich
 * 3)  large; flourishing
 * 4)  many; numerous
 * 5)  deep
 * 1)  many; numerous
 * 2)  deep
 * 1)  deep

Definitions

 * 1) blood red; deep red

Definitions

 * 1) sound of thunder
 * 2) to shake; to tremble

Etymology
The senses “Shang dynasty” and “prosperous” are from, corresponding to modern Mandarin yīn and Cantonese jan1. The sense “rumbling” corresponds to modern Mandarin yǐn and Cantonese jan2.

The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

Affix

 * 1) prosperous; flourishing
 * 2) rumbling
 * 1) rumbling